In celebration of indigenous music in America, The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music will team up with Hard Rock International (which is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida) to present a free concert called “The Native American Music Experience” on June 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Pollak Theatre of Monmouth University at 400 Cedar Avenue in West Long Branch. The show kicks off a week of festivities surrounding the new digs of the Center.

Just days prior to the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music moving into its new home on June 7, it will celebrate America’s 250^th birthday with an all-star assemblage of talent on one stage June 4 and 5. “Music America: The Songs that Shaped Us,” at the OceanFirst Bank Center on the Monmouth University campus, will feature Jon Bon Jovi, Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Kenny Chesny, Gary Clark Jr., Dion, Dropkick Murphys, Shemekia Copeland, Valerie June, Keb Mo, Nils Lofgren, Darlene Love, David Sancious, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Trischka & Sister Sadie, Mavis Staples, Trombone Shorty and the New Breed Brass Band, Stevie Van Zandt, Public Enemy and Jimmy Vaughan with The Disciples of Soul as the House Band.